bob dobalino 25 Report post Posted January 5, 2020 What needs changing is the people running to show, Petone down. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
We're Doomed 4,824 Report post Posted January 6, 2020 39 minutes ago, bob dobalino said: What needs changing is the people running to show, Petone down. You can hardly blame someone in Wgtn for pigs on the coast. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob dobalino 25 Report post Posted January 6, 2020 wasn't only pigs anyway rumour has it Kumara off no nuggets and no reserve plan and this has been known for weeks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdytdy 5,335 Report post Posted January 6, 2020 Good Afternoon, After overnight rain and further inspection of the Kumara track it has been decided, despite some improvement at Kumara, that there is not full confidence in providing a safe racing surface at that venue. The meeting will therefore transfer to Omoto and be conducted by the Greymouth JC. The 1810m races will transfer to 2000m while the 1150m races will now be run at 1100m. A MDN 1500m race ($10k) has been added to the programme. Those horses already nominated for the Kumara meeting will automatically be transferred into the corresponding race at the Greymouth JC meeting. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdt 291 Report post Posted January 6, 2020 So as others have said, it was inspected and good to go a couple of weeks back. The change is due to the rain falling now? Surely if it was good to go a proviso should have been included in regards to any future significant /substantial rainfall leading up to the meeting. I smell BS. Rusty 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurnyTom 1,519 Report post Posted January 6, 2020 All of this simply not adding up at all - suspect this situation was known some time past Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Smallhaussen 3,226 Report post Posted January 6, 2020 31 minutes ago, kdt said: . I smell BS. Ivory tower at Petone built very close to the old Gear meat works site Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE TORCH 657 Report post Posted January 6, 2020 So its back to Omoto...brilliant news! Will be an awesome sight watching the Nuggets field go around there. Might be first in first served with the stalls though! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
uneasy 497 Report post Posted January 6, 2020 3 minutes ago, THE TORCH said: So its back to Omoto...brilliant news! Will be an awesome sight watching the Nuggets field go around there. Might be first in first served with the stalls though! No Nuggets this year meeting being run by GJC Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE TORCH 657 Report post Posted January 6, 2020 Nothing like fragmented clubs on the Coast eh. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob dobalino 25 Report post Posted January 6, 2020 not much rain and not many pigs Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby3051 10,695 Report post Posted January 6, 2020 5 hours ago, bob dobalino said: wasn't only pigs anyway rumour has it Kumara off no nuggets and no reserve plan and this has been known for weeks So the inspection was a lie or a cover up to protect someones..a.. No wonder our racing is a laughing stock. TurnyTom 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE TORCH 657 Report post Posted January 6, 2020 Who cares? Theyre moving to Omoto so just enjoy that!!! Theyll out do Trentham in some way so just bloody enjoy good old fashioned grassroots racing. If you look hard enough you’ll find things to nit pick in any country with their industry. Get off your ass and get to the actual races instead of waiting for the next thing to mope about. Honestly. Huey, talk, puha and 1 other 3 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shad 1,540 Report post Posted January 6, 2020 54 minutes ago, THE TORCH said: Who cares? Theyre moving to Omoto so just enjoy that!!! Theyll out do Trentham in some way so just bloody enjoy good old fashioned grassroots racing. If you look hard enough you’ll find things to nit pick in any country with their industry. Get off your ass and get to the actual races instead of waiting for the next thing to mope about. Honestly. Agree, time to move on and enjoy the racing, much better facilities down there, hope the weather plays it's part. We're Doomed, THE TORCH and Eastwood Jaunty 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Rum 1,833 Report post Posted January 6, 2020 Well done Greymouth JC for keeping show on road , well done Reefton offering up facilities too some top can do attitude appreciated by a many iam sure .Hopefully Kumara are back on line in 2021, get the mad butcher in to sort the pig issue , he will do the biz on the porkies . Roll on Wednesday , Saturday and Tuesday week. Love nutting out Coast form through the circuit . Shad, Eastwood Jaunty, Lynne Corbett and 1 other 3 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
We're Doomed 4,824 Report post Posted January 6, 2020 I'm confused. Uneasy suggests there will be no nuggets this year, but the calendar indicates exactly the same programme will be held at Omoto as was proposed at Kumara. It does sound like Greymouth will now run the meeting rather than Kumara racing at Omoto, which does sound a bit ignorant . I think Kumara should just give up given their recent results. Some credit does need to be given for the best result for the industry being sorted out. Nobody on the circuit has been disadvantaged really. Probably quite a good result. Heaps of ballots at Reefton in the only staying maiden race on the whole circuit, now there will be another stayers maiden at Omoto, so sounds like a good result all round. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
We're Doomed 4,824 Report post Posted January 6, 2020 I am also a bit confused by the statement that those already nominated for Kumara will be transferred to Greymouth. Surely noms don't close until tues. Who nominates days before noms close? Leggy 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam Robson 1,537 Report post Posted January 6, 2020 On 1/4/2020 at 10:24 PM, Leggy said: Only time I took a horse there. They'd put tons of coal dust on the track. Rained on race morning. Slippery as buggery when we got there though the weather was fine by then. Watched two helicopters flying round the track for an hour or two trying to dry it out.. Another track inspection. Cancelled. Back on the truck and headed home. The party carried on though apparently, regardless of the horses! Gold fines, not coal dust...but same result. As Shad said, the track has never been reliable since it was ' re-done ' to modern standards...whatever they are. Years ago we all knew what it was - a swamp - either damp, or very damp. But never unsafe. Shad and Leggy 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Bidlake 759 Report post Posted January 6, 2020 8 hours ago, We're Doomed said: I am also a bit confused by the statement that those already nominated for Kumara will be transferred to Greymouth. Surely noms don't close until tues. Who nominates days before noms close? Sometimes I will if I am going to be busy on nom day to avoid getting sidetracked and forgetting. Pam Robson and We're Doomed 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby3051 10,695 Report post Posted January 6, 2020 12 hours ago, THE TORCH said: Who cares? Theyre moving to Omoto so just enjoy that!!! Theyll out do Trentham in some way so just bloody enjoy good old fashioned grassroots racing. If you look hard enough you’ll find things to nit pick in any country with their industry. Get off your ass and get to the actual races instead of waiting for the next thing to mope about. Honestly. Wow someone got out of the wrong side of the bed.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdt 291 Report post Posted January 6, 2020 I will just throw a question in here. Is the Kumara Racing Club no longer in a financial position to be able to race? I have no idea but this all seems rather strange. In saying that I'm pleased there will be a race meeting at Greymouth to give everyone a go. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
We're Doomed 4,824 Report post Posted January 8, 2020 Does anyone know why we aren't racing the Kumara Nuggets this Saturday? It does seem a bit unusual. Back in July when Oamaru had to abandon its Cup meeting the exact same meeting was held at Ashburton with the Oamaru Cup and the winners incentive that went with it, and all of the original sponsors. A few years ago when Hawkes Bay had to abandon one of their group one days the same programme was held at Wanganui. These were both bigger meetings than Kumara. The usual approach is to transfer the whole meeting, but things seem to be a bit different on this occasion. Good to see 10 races being held on Saturday. THE TORCH 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam Robson 1,537 Report post Posted January 8, 2020 8 hours ago, We're Doomed said: Does anyone know why we aren't racing the Kumara Nuggets this Saturday? It does seem a bit unusual. Back in July when Oamaru had to abandon its Cup meeting the exact same meeting was held at Ashburton with the Oamaru Cup and the winners incentive that went with it, and all of the original sponsors. A few years ago when Hawkes Bay had to abandon one of their group one days the same programme was held at Wanganui. These were both bigger meetings than Kumara. The usual approach is to transfer the whole meeting, but things seem to be a bit different on this occasion. Good to see 10 races being held on Saturday. I'm guessing because Kumara are NOT holding the meeting...i.e. it isn't Kumara at Omoto, it's Greymouth J.C at Omoto. Kumara has pulled out of the day completely...so, no Nuggets. Well done to the G.J.C for stepping up, although if the weather gods don't smile, poor old Westland will cop the worst track. If things stay fine however, all should be well. Not so good for Winston's/Messara's Coast vision...... Lynne Corbett, Insider and We're Doomed 2 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harro 13 Report post Posted January 11, 2020 On 1/4/2020 at 7:50 PM, uneasy said: On 1/4/2020 at 7:50 PM, uneasy said: I have seen photo and videos of track and will be very surprised if they race there. Need to organise alternative track which I suggest should be Reefton, can't imagine Omoto could handle 3 days racing so should transfer to Reefton Track looked in magnificent order. Well done greymouth. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Rum 1,833 Report post Posted January 11, 2020 Well done Greymouth JC , stepped in and pulled it off real well. Top days racing , bloody good fun . Take a bow Mr Moseley doing the biz, keeping bit up sleeve on keen horse and sending the boys home happy . THE TORCH and We're Doomed 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...